Speedy Tomato opens portal in Finland
Speedy Tomato opens portal in Finland Speedy Tomato is keeping its high-speed launch strategy and the mobile portal is today opening in Finland at www.speedytomato.fi. This is the third Speedy Tomato portal opening in northern Europe. "Finland is a big challenge for us. It is one of the toughest markets in the world regarding mobile phones, and Finland is always competing with Sweden regarding highest usage of mobile Internet. I have good hopes we will succeed on the Finnish market as our concept regarding social tech- nology is unique," says Zeth Nyström, CEO Speedy Tomato. Speedy Tomato is co-operating both locally and globally with Finnish con- tent providers. Finnish Akumiitti Oy develops the ringing tone applica- tions to all Speedy Tomato portals. In Finland, just as in the UK and Den- mark the portal will open with a limited range of services. During the next three months the portal will gradually be developed in close dialogue with the users. Speedy Tomato's business concept is about offering personalised services. It is a multi access portal and can be accessed in several ways, among others via web, WAP and PDA. Examples of services offered today are per- sonal calendar and address book, e-mail direct to your mobile, individually tailored news, adverts from personally selected companies, news about finance, sports, etc. For high resolution pictures and background material, visit www.speedytomato.com. For further information please contact: Zeth Nyström, CEO Speedy Tomato, telephone +46 703 37 55 77 Anne Liljeroth, Head of PR Speedy Tomato, telephone + 46 70 682 71 51 Speedy Tomato AB Speedy Tomato is a mobile portal that aims to inspire and support people in their everyday life and in their interactions with friends and family. Speedy Tomato AB was founded in September 2000 and is a wholly owned sub- sidiary of Telia. By the end of 2000 the company will have about 70 em- ployees in Sweden, the UK and Denmark. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/02/06/20010206BIT00190/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/02/06/20010206BIT00190/bit0002.pdf